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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 8 - LIVE THREAD***
Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

Posted on 03/26/2003 9:04:14 PM PST by Centurion2000

Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A breif description of what the graphic is would help:

Special thanks to null and void for keeping these running over the weekend and Monday, to all of you for keeping these threads alive, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqifreedom; war
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To: pitinkie
Just me or is FR slow....
2,581 posted on 03/27/2003 12:58:53 PM PST by pitinkie
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To: Dog
catacombs= A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead

Unintended telling of truth?

2,582 posted on 03/27/2003 12:59:15 PM PST by Carolina
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To: An.American.Expatriate
God Speed

God speed the liberation of the Iraqi people! Thanks for your great posts!

2,583 posted on 03/27/2003 1:00:36 PM PST by Lauratealeaf (God Bless Our Troops and President George W. Bush)
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To: An.American.Expatriate
Good night! See you tomorrow.
2,584 posted on 03/27/2003 1:01:00 PM PST by Carolina
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To: pitinkie
Just me or is FR slow....

I can't really say. I was outside doing yardwork and am exhausted so I am typing slow, and posting slow.

2,585 posted on 03/27/2003 1:02:20 PM PST by Lauratealeaf (God Bless Our Troops and President George W. Bush)
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To: Lauratealeaf
Its taking a long time for posts to show up that have have placed.
2,586 posted on 03/27/2003 1:03:03 PM PST by pitinkie
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To: pitinkie
No, it appears that FR (and actually most of the net for that matter) is running slow this afternoon...
2,587 posted on 03/27/2003 1:03:48 PM PST by mhking
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To: pitinkie
I don't recall that specific reporter - but I certainly believe you. Shoot, the majority of the news media is pro-Iraqi/anti-American for reasons I'll never fathom.
2,588 posted on 03/27/2003 1:05:33 PM PST by Quilla
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To: pitinkie
Its taking a long time for posts to show up that have have placed.

Free Republic sandstorm?

2,589 posted on 03/27/2003 1:05:59 PM PST by Lauratealeaf (God Bless Our Troops and President George W. Bush)
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To: Lauratealeaf
I'm on a dedicated hi-speed line and the whole shabang is slow
2,590 posted on 03/27/2003 1:08:20 PM PST by tort_feasor
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To: Quilla
Dang, I always miss it. No sirens only cars and wind.
2,591 posted on 03/27/2003 1:12:00 PM PST by Jaded (Close the BORDERS and the CHECKBOOK!!)
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To: eyespysomething
I am on the mmsnbc one and I hear no booms

I heard the awesome booms, but their webcam still sucks. Alas. it is the only one I've been able to open....:-(

2,592 posted on 03/27/2003 1:12:08 PM PST by Krodg
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To: SoldiersGirl; All
Anyone remember a few night ago when were discussing the need for a belly man and someone posted a picture of a soldier sitting in a humvee with the flag waving in front of him? Can anyone point me in the direction of that pic? I would much appreciate it!
2,593 posted on 03/27/2003 1:16:54 PM PST by retrokitten
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To: Quilla
Oh I wasnt offended or anything like that..confirmation is always helpful!
2,594 posted on 03/27/2003 1:19:19 PM PST by pitinkie
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To: Howlin; yall
May already be posted, here's an excerpt:

Dat Saddam be a tricky fella, huh?

Speaking of surprise. Breaking News excerpt, full detail on post #88 . . .

Powerful blasts rock Baghdad

03/27/2003

Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Massive explosions rocked central Baghdad late Thursday night, sending a towering plume of smoke skyward in the strongest blasts felt in the city in days.

Shortly after 11 p.m. in Baghdad (2 p.m. CST), explosions shook the capital near the city center. Buildings close to the Information Ministry appeared to have been hit, sending a huge plume of smoke skyward.

Earlier Thursday, Iraq's defense minister said the real battle for Baghdad will be on its streets, and that Saddam Hussein's regime will prolong the war as long as possible.

"The enemy must come inside Baghdad, and that will be its grave," said Defense Minister Sultan Hashem Ahmed.

"We feel that this war must be prolonged so the enemy pays a high price," he said at a news conference at a downtown Baghdad hotel.

Asked whether the fighting in Baghdad will be on the streets, Mr. Ahmed replied, "Yes."

He called the two-day sandstorm that engulfed Iraq this week and slowed the U.S.-led coalition "a divine gift to tell the aggressor that he is an aggressor."

President Bush said Thursday the United States was prepared to fight "however long it takes."

The Iraqi health minister said 36 civilians were killed and 215 wounded in U.S. airstrikes on Baghdad a day earlier, and he accused U.S.-led forces of deliberately targeting civilians to break the people's will.

Loud explosions were heard in and around Baghdad again Thursday, and witnesses said an unknown number of people were killed and injured when a housing complex for employees of a weapons-producing facility came under attack. The Military Industrialization Authority of Iraq complex is in the Al-Youssifiah area, about 12 miles south of the capital.

Another blast about 700 yards west of the Information Ministry, possibly from a missile, sent scores of journalists fleeing. Anti-aircraft guns on the roof of the ministry opened fire, witnesses said, but there was no immediate information on damage or casualties.

One of Baghdad's main telephone facilities also was hit early Thursday, causing some disruptions in service.

Click here for entire article (post #88)


2,595 posted on 03/27/2003 1:19:55 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: Krodg
Bloomberg Headlines:

15:04 Mexico- Fox whines about the impact of the war on the Mexican economy.

14:20 Colombian police fire tear gas at Anti-War protesters trying to march on the US Embassy.

14:29 Al-Salam Palace hit in Bag

2,596 posted on 03/27/2003 1:20:54 PM PST by Jaded (Close the BORDERS and the CHECKBOOK!!)
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To: SouthParkRepublican; RJayneJ; carton253
Had to log off, sorry. Ditto, carton's post...chills...and resolve.
You can't live your life by PR... the US is damned if we do and damned if we don't. You do what is right and continue on...

We are doing this because on 9/11, 3,000 people went to work... and never came home! Remember them... and forget the world.

3215 posted on 03/21/2003 2:30 PM EST by carton253 (God Bless President Bush, the USA, and the troops who are moving to protect freedom)



2,597 posted on 03/27/2003 1:22:35 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard." - Pres. G W Bush)
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To: pitinkie
Buffs away
2,598 posted on 03/27/2003 1:24:54 PM PST by The Wizard (Saddamocrats are enemies of America)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I've got to leave this war in y'all capable hands. Prayers for our troops. See you tomorrow.
2,599 posted on 03/27/2003 1:25:21 PM PST by Quilla
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To: All
Can anybody tell me what became of that "1000 vehicle Rep. Guard convoy" that the media reminded me every 5 minutes last night was headed out of Baghdad toward allied troops.

It seems to have disappeared.

Did I dream that?!!?
2,600 posted on 03/27/2003 1:25:34 PM PST by Mr. Buzzcut
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